When a tomato has been splashed

"The first payment was also the last. Shortly after the sign was installed someone hit it with a tomato ... rust, also was visibile ... in its corners were 'little spider cobwebs'... 'some children's saying written down in here.'"
" And that really brings it down to the tomato. And of course, when a tomato has been splashed all over your clock, you don't like it." - Walter & Co. v. Harrison